Avoiding “Deaths by PowerPoint”
Data Storytelling and Python to the rescue
Sebastián Flores, PyCon US 2024, May 20th

Who

  • Sebastián Flores aka sebastiandres
  • Chief Data Officer at uPlanner
  • Member of Python Chile
  • Collaborator to Streamlit and Vizzu
  • http://sebastiandres.xyz

Agenda

  • Never
  • kill
  • the
  • suspense

Rule #1 of Storytelling: Always raise the stakes

Storytelling?

Storytelling?





It just works



Data Storytelling:

Using storytelling tricks to create presentations that will be remembered and that create impact

DSt is the new DSc

The best example



Can a company convince millions of people to share statistics on social media?

Skills vs Tools

Skills for Data Storytelling

Data Storytelling?




It’s easy to consume but hard to prepare

About stories





Stories have a beginning, a climax and a conlusion.

Brains are so hackable!

Figure by sketplanation

Peak-end rule:

We remember the most intense moment and the final emotion.

The hard part of Data Storytelling





How to manipulate without being manipulative?